Ezekiel 1: the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel Ezekiel 1:3a Darby translation Context: TIME ~570 years Before Christ; PLACE – Tel-Abib in Babylonia, [later Persia, then Seleucid Empire (Greek) in 21st c. Iraq; PROPHET – yᵊḥezqē’l, captive priest and prophet of Israel taken to Babylon while in his 30’s along with his wife…